Need advice on building an app

I’m new to this board and looking for advice. I’m looking to build a photo-sharing iPhone app but I don’t know how to code myself. I’ve thought about hiring developers, but I sort of want someone to help me think through the software part of the idea before jumping in. Does anyone know of any good resources for this?

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My reservations about this type of app aside - the best way is to either talk to local developers in your area or use https://tryblueprint.com. They just focus on the scoping phase and letting you talk to Google-level folks about your concept. Sounds like a fit for what you're doing and will probably save you a lot of money in the long run.

Otherwise you could try learning how to build it yourself (takes ages) or hire an agency (takes lots of $$$).

1. Deep Market Research
Before hitting the market and start developing an application you should conduct a proper market research. Analyzing the market thoroughly will give you insights about your competitors, their strategy, their strengths and weakness too. This information will prove to be useful as you can avoid repeating the mistakes your competitors made. Researchers often overlook customer reviews. These reviews can give you a glance of likes and dislikes of users about a particular type of app. Thus, you must ensure that you take a note of the pain areas and try to resolve it in your mobile app. This strategy can give you a chance to win over your competitor’s customers.

Defining a clear goal for the app is also going to help you get there faster. Start Sketching. Research has four main purposes:
Find out whether there are other apps doing the same thing
Find design inspiration for your app
Find information on the technical requirements for your app
Find out how you can market and monetize your app
Create a Wireframe and Storyboard.
Define the Back End of Your Mobile App http://djangostars.com/blog/app-development-cost-android-vs-ios/

I think good advice for you will be to hire a developers. Which exactly app you need? On which platform? I can recommend to contact IDAP company, their developers have big experience in different software development and can provide a big variety of options and decisions. You can find more info and look portfolio on https://idapgroup.com/software-development/ it is their website.

I’m new to this board and looking for advice. I’m looking to build a photo-sharing iPhone app but I don’t know how to code myself. I’ve thought about hiring developers, but I sort of want someone to help me think through the software part of the idea before jumping in. Does anyone know of any good resources for this?

Thanks!
Cassie

Before paying anyone, do some surveys. Who's your target audience? Figure out who that is and try to get them to complete surveys about whether they'd use your app or not, how much they'd be willing to pay and which features are the most important.

If you can't get 25 (somewhat arbitrary) people to complete a survey about your app, chances are your idea may not be as viable as you thought.

So ultimately, before anything, make sure you have what it takes to get people to even give you the time of day.

Then when you do go and speak to developers on Upwork.com or whatever, ask them to build an MVP. Read The Lean Startup if you aren't familiar with the concept.

But don't let some agency build you a $50,000 app. When you do pay, start with an MVP. Ideally $5,000 or less.

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I can give contacts to a developing company(Intellectsoft) that has developed mobile application for me. It was logistics software for my little company. Their engineers are really professionals. Here is website https://www.intellectsoft.net/services/mobile-development By the way if you want to see portfolio, there are many their works on the site.